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<span class="top">The Book of 1st Thessalonians</span><HR NOSHADE>
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<td class="v">5:1</td>
<td>But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.</td>
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<td class="v">5:2</td>
<td>For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.</td>
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<td class="v">5:3</td>
<td>For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.</td>
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<td class="v">5:4</td>
<td>But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.</td>
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<td class="v">5:5</td>
<td>Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.</td>
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<td class="v">5:6</td>
<td>Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.</td>
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<td class="v">5:7</td>
<td>For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.</td>
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<td class="v">5:8</td>
<td>But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.</td>
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<td class="v">5:9</td>
<td>For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,</td>
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<td class="v">5:10</td>
<td>Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.</td>
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<td class="v">5:11</td>
<td>Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.</td>
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<td class="v">5:12</td>
<td>And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;</td>
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<td class="v">5:13</td>
<td>And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.</td>
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<td class="v">5:14</td>
<td>Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.</td>
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<td class="v">5:15</td>
<td>See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.</td>
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<td class="v">5:16</td>
<td>Rejoice evermore.</td>
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<td class="v">5:17</td>
<td>Pray without ceasing.</td>
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<td class="v">5:18</td>
<td>In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.</td>
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<td class="v">5:19</td>
<td>Quench not the Spirit.</td>
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<td class="v">5:20</td>
<td>Despise not prophesyings.</td>
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<td class="v">5:21</td>
<td>Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.</td>
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<td class="v">5:22</td>
<td>Abstain from all appearance of evil.</td>
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<td class="v">5:23</td>
<td>And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.</td>
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<td class="v">5:24</td>
<td>Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.</td>
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<td class="v">5:25</td>
<td>Brethren, pray for us.</td>
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<td class="v">5:26</td>
<td>Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.</td>
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<td class="v">5:27</td>
<td>I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.</td>
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<td class="v">5:28</td>
<td>The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.</td>
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